So I'm slowly trying to move 25 years of accumulated STUFF [all bought for a perceived need, of course] out of the basement ShoeBox Woodshop to the new dream shop building.
The amazing part is the quantity and variety of objects being pulled out of nooks and crannies that have that delicate patina of undisturbed dust that takes years to accumulate on items that haven't be even looked at, let alone touched or used, in years.
Memsahib comes in and asks, "What's with all the WTF's"
I point to the gradually growing pile of stuff that I can't fathom either a past, current, or future use for or a place to put them other than the trash can.
I agree with passing it on. In my shoe box shop I find stuff that I realize I saved and things I made like jigs and I can't remember when I made them or what they were for or why I saved them, but you can't throw treasures like that away can you?
Some great stuff came out of the shoebox. Now the new Improved shop has some big shoes to fill. Lets see some bigger better work.
I recently had that experience without the move. I packed it into boxes by "value" and labeled the boxes $1, $5 etc. I hauled the boxes to a Midwest Tool Collectors regional meet, the NC chapter. Set out a can with "put the $ in here" and enjoyed the show. To my astonishment almost everything sold, except the several sets of 1/16 to 1/4 drill bits. Now why do I have several sets of these....? no idea.
I won't go that far but at the next guild meeting I might take along some newly-unearthed items for the raffle held at every meeting. The raffle is supposed to be of donated woodworking-related items but I'm sure that if I offer up an expensive set of never-used heavy-duty battery jumper cables and an emergency tire inflator they won't object too strenuously. There's no telling what else might turn up as I continue excavation and cleaning of the shop.
Oh BTW, if anybody in the ETN area wants to have a dust collector -- one of those that is supposed to hang from the shop ceiling -- I probably have a deal for you. It works fine but it needs to have a new pre-filter. Not worth shipping it anywhere so it would have to be pickup-only.
>>>...The raffle is supposed to be of donated woodworking-related items but I'm sure that if I offer up an expensive set of never-used heavy-duty battery jumper cables and an emergency tire inflator they won't object too strenuously.
We have monthly raffles for wood but auctions for other stuff. Most auctioned things are wood and turning related but not everything. I sometimes take honey and eggs - always a hit!
>>>Oh BTW, if anybody in the ETN area wants to have a dust collector -- one of those that is supposed to hang from the shop ceiling -- I probably have a deal for you. It works fine but it needs to have a new pre-filter. Not worth shipping it anywhere so it would have to be pickup-only.
Where in East TN are you? I think I knew at one time but forgot. Is yours what is sometimes called a air filter or cleaner, a self-contained box like the Jet? I have a use for a one in the shop. I recently started incubating peacocks and guineas in one corner of my shop (the climate control is a big plus) and raising them for a few weeks or months in the back room. The fine dust in the back room is incredible! If I can keep it down there it might stay out of the rest of the shop.
Rather than Goodwill, which sells items for profit, try Habitat For Humanity. Their "re-store" shops handle almost anything, and all profit goes to building homes for the needy.